San Francisco
Colliers Names Michael Semmelmeyer as San Francisco Retail VP
Colliers International’s San Francisco team has on-boarded City retail expert Michael Semmelmeyer as a vice president and retail broker. Semmelmeyer… Read more
Connect Q&A: Pollster Jonathan Brown on Affordable Housing as Voter Issue
Affordable housing is an industry topic that continues to dominate the future urban planning and new development landscape of California,… Read more
Atari Unveils Plans for Video-Game-Themed Hotel
Game designer and developer Atari is entering into a new business line: Video-game-themed hotels. The first Atari Hotel is scheduled… Read more
Intercom Will Take Over Sterling Bay’s Space at Fulton West
Business messaging platform Intercom joins the roster of tech tenants upsizing their Chicago office footprints. The San Francisco-based firm signed… Read more
Square Takes Three Floors at SteelWave-Barings Owned Downtown Portland Tower
Square, Inc. signed a new 64,110-square-foot lease at SteelWave, LLC’s 11-story Aspect on Sixth office property in downtown Portland. The… Read more
Report: Apartment Rents Continue to Rise Nationwide
The average rent for studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments has continued to increase nationwide over the past year, according… Read more
Clarion Acquires Reno’s Lear Industrial Center for $117M
Clarion Partners LLC has acquired Lear Industrial Center in Reno, NV, for $117 million. The seller, Panattoni Development Company, originally… Read more
Columbia Property Trust Closes on Normandy Acquisition
Columbia Property Trust (CXP) closed on its previously announced acquisition of Normandy Real Estate Management, LLC, a developer, operator and… Read more
Hackman Signs Retail Trio for Amazon Studios’ Culver City MXU
Hackman Capital Partners, LLC has announced three new retail tenants at The Culver Steps, its transformative downtown Culver City mixed-use… Read more
Measure E on San Francisco’s March 2020 Ballot
Proposition E is a local measure slated for the March municipal ballot in San Francisco, seeking to create a penalty… Read more
CBRE Report: Seattle Records All-Time High Office-Using Services Job Growth
Fueled by the tech industry, the Seattle metro added 20,800 office-using services jobs in 2019 – an all-time high for… Read more
San Francisco’s Oceanwide Plaza Trades for $1B
China-based Oceanwide Holdings Co. has sold its interests in San Francisco’s Oceanwide Plaza development located in the Transbay District for… Read more
Hudson Pacific Pledges $500K to DTLA’s Union Rescue Mission
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) has pledged $500,000 over the next three years to Union Rescue Mission. The pledge is… Read more
CRE Tech Engages Energy Efficiencies with Hatch Launch
Former leaders of EnerNOC’s Energy Intelligence Software business have launched Hatch Data as a new, independent operating entity dedicated to… Read more
Multifamily Posts “Solid Gains” in 2019; Trend Should Continue in 2020
The U.S. multifamily sector closed out 2019 with steady rent growth, boosted by a “healthy job market and low unemployment,”… Read more
TPG Acquires Jacksonville Office Property for $107M
San Francisco-base REIT TPG Real Estate has acquired Town Center One & Two, a 374,123-square-foot office property in Jacksonville. The… Read more
Hamilton Zanze Snags 196-Unit Virginia Beach Apartment Community
San Francisco-based real estate firm Hamilton Zanze has acquired Indigo 19, a 196-unit, five-story apartment community in Virginia Beach. The… Read more
RCA: Despite “Tepid” End to 2019, CRE Decade Was “Fantastic”
Taking the long view, Real Capital Analytics’ Jim Costello calls the past 10 years “a fantastic decade for U.S. commercial… Read more
Walmart’s Robotic Workforce Grows at 650 Additional Stores
Walmart is expanding its workforce of shelf-scanning robots at 650 more U.S. stores in an effort to better monitor and… Read more